Yunding Ranch

Chapter 178 The Origin of the Ring
"Mom, don't be greedy for cold, and be careful of catching a cold." Lu Li's voice came from behind, and then fell beside him. Song Lingyi turned her head and saw her son sitting next to her. He also took off his hiking shoes and socks, Putting both feet in the stream, the cold stream slid over the feet, and the body shivered involuntarily, followed by a burst of laughter.

"Haha, isn't it cool?" Song Lingyi laughed happily, "Sure enough, I still have to go to the forest in summer to escape the heat."

"Natural air conditioners are much more effective than artificial ones." Lu Li couldn't help but relax physically and mentally. Even if he didn't do anything, just sitting here quietly and listening to the sounds of nature was enough.

Song Lingyi looked back, Lu Huaijin was still squatting in place, and the bonfire beside him had already been set up.Lu Li went out two more times just now, picked up enough dry firewood, lit the bonfire, set up the iron pot, and boiled boiling water, while Lu Huaijin just waited by, concentrating on reading the instructions .

"Your dad probably fell into it again." Song Lingyi teased with a smile, and then looked away, looking at the gurgling brook in front of him, "Tell me, does this look like the brook outside the suburbs? "

"Which suburb?" Lu Li looked down at his feet. Due to the refraction of the sun, his feet became blurred under the stream. Like a natural massager, the feet couldn't help but began to lift up deeply and shallowly, and the laughter resonated in the chest, "Mom, do you want to come down? It's not deep at all, look."

In fact, the stream is only up to the height of the calf, and it will go to the bottom with a light step.

"Be careful, don't get your pants wet." Song Lingyi babbled, and before she finished speaking, Lu Li's right trouser leg fell down and was completely soaked. Song Lingyi gave Lu Li a reproachful look. But looking at the bright smile on his son's face, he couldn't help but shook his head with a smile, "You, you are like a child who can't grow up." Although it was a reproach, the words were full of pampering. No matter how old she was, she was always a child in her eyes.

"Which suburb did you mention just now?" Lu Li returned to the previous topic again, his feet began to swim upstream in the stream, feeling the pebbles and aquatic plants on the soles of his feet, as if he had really returned to his childhood and regained his childlike innocence.

"It's the road to Guishan. Didn't your former classmates often go on picnics?" Song Lingyi looked at her son intently and said with a smile.

"Oh, I remember." Guishan, it seems that there will be a Guishan everywhere, as long as the shape looks like a turtle, people will name it Guishan, "You said it, it is indeed a bit similar, but , the layout there is much smaller, it only takes half an hour from the foot of the mountain to the top of the Guishan Mountain, and the forest beside it is not big."

"Well, your grandma used to like to go there too." Song Lingyi's eyes showed some nostalgia, "When I was young, there was no TV at home, so your grandma took us all the way there on foot for picnics."

"Walk there?" Lu Li showed a surprised expression, "It takes 15 minutes to ride a bicycle there."

"I used to care about these things. I couldn't be happier to be able to go out to play." Song Lingyi paused for a moment, with a hint of sadness in her eyes, "If your grandma comes here, she will definitely like it very much." She raised her head and looked Looking at the large expanses of green around him, there is a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"If grandma comes over, are you going to let her go on a hike?" Lu Li's disgusted tone made Song Lingyi stunned, and then she laughed, "Look at my memory, I forgot, we walked all the way here today. "

Lu Li knew that his mother just missed his grandma, but it awakened another memory in Lu Li, "Mom, did grandma ever study abroad when she was young? Or went to a big city to see the world?" Lu Li always felt that , Grandma is not an ordinary rural woman.

"No." Song Lingyi shook her head, "It's not like you don't know that your grandma has stayed in the small mountain village at home all her life. So she always wants to go out and have a look, even if it's just in the country, that's good."

This answer made Lu Li a little disappointed. Just as he was thinking about how to continue asking questions, Song Lingyi continued, "However, your great-grandfather has been traveling all over the world. He used to be a traveling businessman. He has seen the world. He has not only been to Nanjing , and also did business in BJ, but it used to be called Beiping. So, your great-grandfather was very knowledgeable and raised your grandmother as a lady of the family. Not only can she write, she can also embroider, and she also hired a special teacher to teach you Grandma paints, so your grandma is different from other people, and the education she gave me and you was different from childhood."

"Painting?" Lu Li's heart skipped a beat, and the paintings in the ring space appeared in his mind.

"That's right." Song Lingyi laughed, "And he's a foreigner."

"Foreigners?" Could it be that the paintings in the ring space are the copies of this painting teacher?But what about the Degas?If according to what Marianne said, the Germans snatched this painting from the Catherine Palace in St. Petersburg, then how could it be possible for the Germans to become teachers in a small mountain village in the southeast?It doesn't make sense...

"You gave back all your history to the teacher?" Song Lingyi chuckled, "In the 30s and 40s, there were indeed many missionaries in Shandong and Jiangsu, and they also served as teachers in elementary and middle schools. But we can hardly see it in this valley. So at that time, a foreigner came over, and the small mountain village was really lively for a while, which caused a sensation."

"So, did that teacher open a school in our hometown?" Lu Li couldn't help but feel a little curious. In the 40s and [-]s, it was the end of the Second World War, and then the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party broke out. A period of turmoil.

"No." Song Lingyi shook her head, "Our village is too conservative, and every family is unwilling to give their children to a foreigner to teach. Although the foreigner is also black-haired, they still think it's too strange. After watching the excitement , everyone avoided it. There were only a few of them. Your great-grandfather opened a private school in his own home, and those who were willing to send their children over had classes there. It was called a school, and there were only three or four students in total. That's all."

"Black hair?" Lu Li felt that there were more and more question marks. Although he had no research on bloodlines and genes, most Germanic people should have blond or brown hair, right?Not many brunettes.Or, was his idea wrong? "Mom, have you seen this teacher?"

"No." Song Lingyi couldn't help but feel a little regretful, "He passed away very early. When your grandmother was very young, like nine or ten years old, I don't know. Your grandmother was just with me. I mentioned it once. If he can stay, maybe I can learn to draw too."

If it wasn't for this foreign teacher, grandma wouldn't have had the opportunity to meet other foreigners, so where did the ring come from?Or, was this ring given to my grandmother by my great-grandfather?When grandma presented this ring to Lu Li, she didn't give any special instructions, so Lu Li never paid much attention to it.

"What about this ring?" Lu Li raised his left hand and showed the ring to his mother, "Do you know who gave this ring to grandma?"

"Didn't your grandma give it to you? I'm not sure. Didn't your grandma tell you?" Song Lingyi glanced at it. Of course she knew about this ring. Lu Li shook his head with a blank expression. Song Lingyi continued to speculate. "It's just an ordinary silver ring, and it doesn't look like a dowry. It might be a small gift from your great-grandfather."

Lu Li originally wanted to explore the source of the ring, but now his doubts were not answered, and he became more and more confused. It felt like a jigsaw puzzle had a few scattered pieces, but all the key parts were missing.It seems that this puzzle will finally be answered by grandma.

Therefore, going around in a circle is equivalent to not knowing anything.However, it's not quite right to say that, at least he knew some of his grandmother's past, and then projected it onto himself.As Song Lingyi said, if it wasn't for grandma, her life and Lu Li's life might have been different; more importantly, if it wasn't for grandma, even if he had received Liz's inheritance, he would not be in the same situation now.

In a trance, he had an illusion, as if in the dark, the wheel of fate was pulling him towards a wonderful reincarnation.

Originally, Lu Li was just curious about who gave this ring as a gift; but now, he was really curious and wanted to trace the history of this ring.

"What? You miss grandma too?" Song Lingyi looked at Lu Li who was lost in thought, and said with a smile.

Lu Li came back to his senses, pondered for a while, and nodded in affirmation, "Yes. Last time I called my grandma, she asked me if I would save some of this year's zongzi." Grandma always loves me very much. He, everything must be left for him, even if it is across the Pacific Ocean.

"During your graduation ceremony, remember to find more photos and send them to your grandma." Song Lingyi instructed, "You are the first college student in our family. Your grandma must be very happy."

"Yeah." Lu Li replied in a low voice, looking down at the gurgling stream flowing between his feet, "Talk to Brother Kong Ming when you get back, and let grandpa and grandma come over." He hoped to realize grandma's dream, before it's too late.

Song Lingyi looked at Lu Li who had calmed down in front of her eyes, and a smile rose from the corner of her mouth.The son has grown up, and the immature shoulders are enough to support the sky.Looking up, Song Lingyi couldn't help thinking that if her mother came to Yunding Ranch, she would definitely like it very much.

At some point, Lu Huaijin had already walked over and sat down at the other end of the bluestone.Song Lingyi looked back at her husband, and wiped away the faint light from the corners of her eyes; Lu Huaijin stretched out her right hand and spread it upwards, Song Lingyi put her right hand into that wide palm, Lu Huaijin tightened her fingers, lightly The warmth passed through the fingertips.

(End of this chapter)